Pope Boniface III

Pope Boniface III (550-12 November 607) was Pope from 19 February to 12 November 607, succeeding Pope Sabinian and preceding Pope Boniface IV.

Biography
Bonifatius was born in 550 AD, the son of John Catadioce. He impressed Pope Gregory I while serving as a deacon, and he was held in esteem by Emperor Phocas of Byzantium. On 19 February 607 AD he was consecreated as pope after the death of Pope Sabinian in February 606, and during his reign he forbade anyone from talking about the succession of a pope during the lifetime of a pope under the pain of excommunication. Phocas helped him to gain power over Cyriacus II of Constantinople, who sought to become the "Universal Bishop", and Boniface died on 12 November 607 after almost ten months of being pope.